King Of England Richard Coeur De Lion, I
1157 - 1199

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• Prefix	King Of England
  Suffix	I
  Birth	1157	Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Apr 1199	Chalus, Limousin
  Person ID	I3206	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2007

  
  

  Father	King Of England Henry Curtmantle, II,   b. 25 Mar 1133, Le Mans ,   d. 6 Jul 1189, Chinon
  Mother	Eleanor, Of Aquitaine,   d. 1204
  Married	18 May 1152	Bordeaux, France
  Family ID	F1354	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Berengaria, Of Navarre
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2006
  Family ID	F1544	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Henry's elder son, Richard I (reigned 1189-99), fulfilled his main ambition by going on crusade in 1190, leaving the ruling of England to others. After his victories over Saladin at the siege of Acre and the battles of Arsuf and Jaffa, concluded by the treaty of Jaffa (1192), Richard was returning from the Holy Land when he was captured in Austria later that year. In early 1193, Richard was transferred to emperor Henry VI's custody. In Richard's absence, king Philip of France failed to obtain Richard's French possessions through invasion or negotiation. In England, Richard's brother John occupied Windsor Castle and prepared an invasion of England by Flemish mercenaries, accompanied by armed uprisings. Their mother queen Eleanor took firm action against John by strengthening garrisons and again exacting oaths of allegiance to the king. John's subversive activities were ended by the payment of a crushing ransom of 150,000 marks of silver to the emperor, for Richard's release in 1194. Warned by Philip's famous message 'look to yourself, the devil is loosed', John fled to the French court. On his return to England, Richard was recrowned at Winchester in 1194. Five years later he died in France during a minor siege against a rebellious baron. By the time of his death, Richard had recovered all his lands. His success was short-lived. In 1199 his brother John became king and Philip successfully invaded Normandy. By 1203, John had retreated to England, losing his French lands of Normandy and Anjou by 1205.